Kidd and Colletta 1981

Kidd, Ross, and Nat Colletta (editors). 1981. "Tradition for development: Indigenous structures and folk media in non-formal education." Bonn: German Foundation for International Development; International Council for Adult Education. 639 pages. (Review by Ray, C. and Malone 1986.)

Central thesis is that a culture-based nonformal education strategy enables people to introduce new knowledge, skills, and attitudes within the framework of

• existing knowledge
• cultural patterns
• institutions
• values, and
• human resources.

Mother-tongue culture is the fabric within which development can best be woven and is based on the following assumptions:

• Mother tonue elements have traditional legitimacy for participants in development programs.
• Elements contain symbols that express and identify various valid perceptions of reality.
• Elements serve multiple functions--they can involve entertain, instruct, and inform.

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